The Rise Of Space Technology

Chapter 423 Building A Warp Drive

In the Ocean of Storms region of the Moon, in the secret scientific research base of Xinghai Technology.

Liu Yuan is on the moon again, ready to see how the warp drive is designed and built.

Building a warp engine requires breakthroughs in several major technologies. One is the related theory caused by warp speed. You must master the theory before you can use the theory to produce a warp engine in practice.

The second is the material. The warp engine is too powerful, and ordinary materials can’t bear it at all. Xinghai Technology also obtained a new material iron essence that can meet the needs of the warp engine after the recent breakthrough in magnetic energy technology.

The last thing is energy. The work of the warp engine requires extremely large amounts of energy. The traditional energy technology cannot meet the needs of the warp engine when it works, and cannot provide it with powerful energy. Therefore, it is necessary to develop nuclear fusion technology for its Provide powerful energy.

Now all the technology Xinghai Technology has made breakthroughs. Zhou Yu has also been in charge of the design of the warp engine, and many departments have also begun to design and manufacture the warp engine spacecraft.

“Haha, this design is finally perfect!”

In the laboratory, Zhou Yu shouted excitedly, and the huge display in front of him was showing a design work that looked like a strange engine.

This is the first-generation warp engine designed by Zhou Yu. The shape looks a bit like a regular polygon, with 108 faces. At the same time, its internal structure is extremely complex, like the tripe of a cow. Layer after layer, the structure of continuously folded shapes has a full 108 folded surfaces, each of which is extremely complex. It requires a supercomputer to calculate this surface, and the amount of mathematical calculations involved is extremely vast.

“Zhou Yu, can this design really work?”

Beside Zhou Yu, Sun Zilong touched his head and said.

He still doesn’t understand the theory of warp speed, so he is only Zhou Yu’s deputy, responsible for assisting Zhou Yu in designing and building the warp speed engine. At present, he has finally completed the design of the warp speed engine on the computer.

The next time to do is to turn this warp engine from design and manufacture into a real thing.

“Of course, the so-called warp flight, in simple terms, is to fold the space like folding paper, and then fly directly from one point to another point.”

“The larger the folding space, the farther the warp can fly at one time, so in the design of the warp engine, we must try to find a way to fold as much space as possible, so the warp engine is folded. The more surfaces it has, the more powerful it will be.”

“According to my calculations, if we can make such a warp drive, we will be able to fly more than 1,000 astronomical units at a time.”

Zhou Yu said very confidently.

Since the last epiphany, he has been able to fully understand the warp speed theory, and even now he can continue to develop in this field, and often publish some new theories, but at present he can understand and understand. Only the owner Liu Yuan left.

“1000 AU?”

“Is this distance too short?”

“You have to know that 1 light-year is almost equal to more than 60,000 astronomical units, which means that if you fly 1 light-year, it will take almost 60 warp flights?”

When Sun Zilong heard it, he said after a little calculation.

“You can be content.”

“The long distance of 1 light-year, even light takes a year to travel. You can fly with a warp engine and only need 60 warp flights to cross it. This is already an incredible speed.”

“You must know that the time of warp flight is actually very short. I estimate that it may only take a few minutes. It will not take much time to fly a long distance of 1 light-year.”

Zhou Yu smiled and said, “If you fly with an ordinary spaceship, maybe the spaceship has already corroded cleanly, and we humans can’t fly to the nearest Centaur galaxy.”

“I have reason to believe that the reason why we have never had any contact with alien civilizations is not because there are no alien civilizations in the universe, but because the interstellar universe is too vast, if we do not master the technology of warp speed engine, It is simply impossible to cross the distant starry sky.”

“We and alien civilizations are like small islands isolated by the sea. Only after we master the technology of the warp drive can we have the ability to cross the sea and visit the islands.”

“Well said, the vast majority of civilizations in the universe should be isolated by the vast starry sky. Only truly powerful civilizations can fly in the interstellar universe, so we must work hard to become a great person who can truly fly over the stars and seas. civilization!”

At this time, Liu Yuan came over, heard Zhou Yu’s words, and said with a smile.

“Boss~”

When everyone saw that the boss was coming, they quickly shouted in unison.

“Hmm~”

“Is this the warp drive you designed?”

Liu Yuan carefully looked at the big screen in front of him, and at the same time, the virtual machine he carried with him quickly connected to the central computer system of the base, and quickly obtained the relevant information of the warp engine in front of him, and a lot of information poured into his mind. “Yes, the boss, please help, we are the only two of us who understand the warp speed theory now.”

Zhou Yu nodded and said.

“It’s a good design, but there are a few things that could be improved a little bit, maybe its performance could be improved, and the stability could be improved.”

Liu Yuan looked at it carefully, and after reading it in detail, he also began to put forward some of his own opinions.

Liu Yuan has seen countless designs of warp engines in the seed of inheritance. The warp engine in front of him is only a very basic design plan, and it is still relatively primitive. There are many, many areas that need to be improved. Liu Yuan is also Just a few points.

“Yeah, why didn’t I think of that.”

Listening to Liu Yuan’s opinion, Zhou Yu couldn’t help but slapped his thigh, and he figured out some things at once, and then he started to revise quickly with a thought.

The emergence of virtual machines has also brought good news to various designs, because with just a thought, you can immediately modify various places, so it is easier and faster to design.

For example, in the past, when designing a part, it required some training. First, you must understand the use of the software in detail, and you must be very skilled to be able to design it freely.

But now, there is no such problem at all. The virtual industrial software designed by Xinghai Technology does not need any knowledge of the software at all. You only need to understand the design of the components. Many things are just a thought. It is very convenient and easy to design and modify.

“It’s also necessary to modify it here, and it should be modified like this.”

Liu Yuan is also connected to the computer, and with the movement of his thoughts, he is constantly making changes. The two are constantly revising the warp engine design while discussing.

This made Sun Zilong and others on the side envious. Who said that only the boss and Zhou Yu understand this warp speed theory now. Everyone can’t talk at all now, they don’t understand the theory inside, and they don’t know why they want to do it. such a design.

The two discussed it for more than 2 hours before they stopped satisfied.

“Just follow this plan.”

Liu Yuan watched the finalized plan of the new design and also gave orders to Zhou Yu and Sun Zilong.

“Boss, are we just going to build it like this?”

“Don’t you need to make a sample for testing first, get the relevant data and then confirm it?”

When Sun Zilong heard it, he thought about it and said.

“No~”

“The manufacturing of the warp engine is very expensive, and the company doesn’t have much money to conduct experiments or anything. All of these are things built by iron elites, and the resources required are too great.”

“We don’t have so many resources and don’t have so much time. We must manufacture this warp engine as soon as possible, and at the same time manufacture the warp spacecraft by the end of next year.”

Liu Yuan shook his head and said.

Step by step?

I’m afraid it’s too late now, I can’t wait, the current situation is quite unfavorable to me, and I can only feel at ease if I build this warp spaceship early.

“We understand~”

When Zhou Yu, Sun Zilong and the others heard it, they immediately replied in unison. They are also very clear about the current situation. Xinghai Technology is like a child walking across the street with golden bricks. Coveted and jealous eyes are really is too much.

“Wang Wei has already gone to Mars, and will build a spaceship factory on Mars. At that time, it will be much easier to mine asteroids on Mars, and Chen Jing will also go to Mars to produce more iron. , after a while, you also set off to Mars, and build this warp drive as soon as possible.”

Liu Yuan thought about it and made arrangements.

This side of the earth is obviously not suitable for building warp spaceships, because the resources needed to build warp engines are too many, and they must be mined from the asteroid belt. The last time an asteroid was mined, it caused a huge wave. , Liu Yuan didn’t want to make any more waves, so he moved to Mars, and there was nothing to say there.

Far from the earth, and far from the right and wrong and eyes of the earth, you can build warp engines and warp spaceships with peace of mind. The key is to go to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids and obtain the required resources.

Mars is much closer to the asteroid belt than Earth, only less than 1 AU away.

“Yes, boss~”

Zhou Yu and Sun Zilong also nodded in unison and replied, thinking of going to work on Mars for a long time, they also had a headache, after all, the earth is too far away.

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